Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6597&N=3+4294967035+7498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582658 Locked in an unexpected land dispute, Rafe Stryker is trapped in the one place he vowed never to return to, the Castle Ranch in Fools Gold, California. He made millions facing ruthless adversaries in the boardroom, but nothing couldve prepared him to go head-to-head against stubborn, beautiful Heidi Simpson. No one is more surprised than Rafe to discover that hes finding Heidi, and life as a cowboy, much more compelling than he wants to admit. For Heidi, the Castle Ranch is the home shes always wanted. After a life on the road, the vivacious blonde has finally put down roots. She wont give that up without a fight, not even for a man whose late night kisses make her yearn to be a little less wholesome. As the two turn from passionate adversaries to passionate, period, theyll discover that summer love can last a lifetime--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583270 The 1940s: Hard-boiled detectives and femmes fatales are box-office gold. In one iconic scene, set in a deserted museum, the private eye arrives too late, and the buxom beauty is throttled by an ominous Egyptian priest. Now: The Black Box Cinema immortalizes Hollywoods Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless. He walks-- and a young starlet dies a terrifying death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567382 As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from her life. Shes pulled into a suffocating grief until she receives a peculiar call from Washington D.C. On the end of the line is an old boyfriends mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but the forensics tell a darker story. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475922 Julia Lapp has planned on marrying Paul Fisher since she was a girl. When Paul tells her he wants to postpone the wedding again, she knows who is to blame: perpetual bachelor and spreader of cold feet, Roman Troyer, the Bee Man. He relishes his nomadic life, which keeps him from thinking about all he has lost. But with Julia on a mission to punish him for inspiring Pauls cold feet, the Lapp farm is looking decidedly less pleasant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475929 Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Kingdom brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdoms rise and fall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476540 In the blistering heat of the Sudan, the CIA has gone rogue. On the trail of a notorious terrorist, Agency operatives have overstepped their sanctioned boundaries. And now the ultimate weapon has fallen into the wrong hands. As Danny Freah and his spec-ops team scramble to recover a top secret aircraft that has crashed in Africa, Whiplash Director Jonathon Reid finds himself mysteriously shut off from information about the robot drone and its mission. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585775 Bitter Ash, a special operations unit, is secretly deployed into enemy territory to eliminate the potential successors to Osama bin Ladens leadership in al Qaeda, but discover a larger plot that puts the United States in jeopardy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510758 Nine years after he left Shilo, New Hampshire, former Navy Seal Tom Hawkins has moved back. Its not an auspicious homecoming. Tom has returned to raise his teenage daughter, Jill, following the murder of his ex-wife, Kelly. Despite Toms efforts to stay close to Jill by coaching her high school soccer team, Kellys bitterness fractured their relationship. But together, they are on the mend, and life in Shilo is starting to shape up into something approaching normal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621696 Dads, do you want to be a hero to your kids? A go-to coach for your teens? A husband your wife knows she can count on? All pro dad lays out a game plan built on seven essential fathering truths and ultra-practical insights for the questions every dad needs answered at some point. Like football, fatherhood is about winning. But its more than just scoring points. Its about winning the hearts and minds of your children and leaving a rich legacy of love for future generations.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1533455 Richard J. Davidson gives readers a new model for understanding emotions, as well as practical strategies to change them. Personality is composed of six basic emotional styles, including resilience, self-awareness, and attention. He explains the brain chemistry that underlies each style to give a new model of the emotional brain, one that will go so far as to affect the treatment of autism and depression. And, finally, he provides strategies to change ones brain and emotions if they so desire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476543 Guilt-ridden by his friends death to the point that he recklessly accepts a challenge to compete in the same race that ended his friends life, Lord Gabriel Sharpe encounters unexpected feelings for his friends sister and hostility from her father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628295 On the eve of her retirement, Georgia attorney Mikala Aulani is as vivacious and vibrant as ever, eagerly anticipating a happy future with her partner, Ben. But if Kala has learned anything in thirty-five years of practicing law, its that the truth can always surprise you. And when Adam Star turns up at her office, confessing to the long-ago murder of his wife, Kala must return to a notorious case that has never stopped haunting her. Ten years have passed since young nurse Sophie Lee was accused of murdering her wealthy patient, Audrey Star. Kala defended Sophie and had no doubt of her innocence--or of Adam Stars guilt--but the prosecution convinced a jury otherwise. Sophie was convicted on a Tuesday--the day on which every significant event in her life, good or bad, seems to happen. Now, on the verge of his death, Adam exonerates Sophie and also leaves her a huge fortune in atonement. Released from prison, Sophie retreats to Kalas house and tries to evade the media frenzy that surrounds her. Kala is determined to help her client make her way back into the world and adjust to her new wealth and freedom. Yet for both, there are still revelations in store--about the nature of redemption, the strange workings of fate, and the power of forgiveness. And most of all, about the secrets that hide in every heart--even those we think we know best. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545321 As the Byzantine and German emperors plot war against each other, Venices future rests in the hands of three unwilling people: The newly knighted Sir Tycho. An ex-slave and trained assassin who defeated the Mamluk navy but cannot make the woman he loves love him back. As for the grieving Lady Giulietta, both emperors want her hand for their sons in marriage. And a mysterious girl crawls from a paupers grave to murder the men who buried her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613528 The Burning Man. Its the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of Londons parks. And now theres a fifth. Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeves empathy clouds her judgment, but the more she learns about the latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, from her grieving friends and family, the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice. But how do you catch a killer no one has seen when so much of the evidence has gone up in smoke? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668885 Presents a memoir of the authors long-time work with San Franciscos homeless while sharing a call for more effective action. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684880 New Jersey senator Bill Bradley offers his personal review of the state of the nation. He criticizes the role that money plays in politics, discusses flaws in existing foreign, electoral, and economic policies, and offer an opinion on steps the U.S. can take to return to prosperity. Topics covered include the financial meltdown, intensifying political gridlock, the Tea Party and Occupy movements, job creation, deficit reduction, education, and immigration. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674771 When Jill Smokler was first home with her children, she thought her blog would keep friends and family updated. To her surprise, she hit a chord in the hearts of mothers everywhere. In a culture that idealizes motherhood, its scary to confess that being a mother is beautiful, dirty, joyful, and frustrating all at once. Admitting that its not easy doesnt make you a bad mom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582647 When Laura Marquardt and Brandon Reid are seated together at a dinner party, they soon find that they share similar interests, Laura desires to educate blacks, and Brandon, as a white officer over colored troops, eagerly supports her cause. When Lauras sister marries her Confederate beau, Laura finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers. And when Brandons motives for pursuing her come into question, she becomes even more conflicted. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735650 In 1811, Daria Babcock comes to Scotland in search of adventure and romance, and she gets her wish when she discovers a wounded Highlander in her grandmothers house who insists that he cannot remember what happened to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510757 With case studies, micro strategies, and example language, listeners will learn communication skills that can be practiced and implemented immediately. In todays economy, its not typically the smartest, hardest working or most technically savvy who succeed. Instead, the ability to communicate well is often the most important precursor to success in the workplace. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1477406 When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Cole soon determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the professional border kidnappers, who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another; buying, selling, and stealing victims like commodities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668461 Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan knows what its like to be haunted by the past. But now, she cant shake the feeling that there is someone close to her who needs her more than ever. When her mother, Sandra, asks for help in finding a missing woman named Beth Avery, Eve senses there is more to Sandras story than shes saying. Beth has disappeared from a mental hospital where she has been incarcerated for years. But why is Sandra so concerned about this missing woman? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621698 While investigating the suicide of sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire, whose famous parents believe that she was murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher discovers that Julia was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567811 The historic hotel in Boonsboro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now its getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Becketts social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But theres another project hes got his eye on: the girl hes been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476547 Mary Hunt gives listeners the keys to get their money under control and get prepared financially for the rest of their lives. She offers applications for each of the seven rules as well as practical advice for how to recover from past financial mistakes. These simple, unchanging, basic rules work in every financial situation, for every income level, and for every stage of life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590855 Born into the violence of South Bronx ghetto life, the comic pioneer of TVs Good Times fame offers a hilarious and politically charged review of his career as one of televisions first hugely successful black stars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569146 Having experienced pretty much ALL of the crappy parts of life, Browne feels it is her duty to render whatever assistance she can to her fellow sufferers--and she does so in her own inimitable fashion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621680 Bringing his teenage son on a camping trip with an old friend and his friends son, lawyer David Sloane embarks on a legal rescue mission when the boys are caught vandalizing a general store and sentenced to six months in a detention camp with ties to a corrupt judge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569144 Offers information on why the practice is important, how it works, guidance for performing the practice, and additional resources readers can use to delve deeper into the practice. Some practices encourage readers to focus on gratitude for what they have, while others offer guidance for taking refuge and slowing down in stressful times. The practices are designed to gradually change the way readers process their emotions and create new neural pathways for greater happiness and fulfillment. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613555 Now an Army Ranger, he returns to a place overrun by corruption, and finds his uncle, the county sheriff, dead, a suicide, hes told, but others whisper murder. In the days that follow, it will be up to Colson to discover the truth, not only about his uncle, but about his family, his friends, his town, and not least about himself. And once the truth is discovered, there is no turning back. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1362537 The comedian and actor presents his humorous observations on parenting, marriage, and midlife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468837 Leaving Home brings together three previously published short pieces, each dealing with a variation on the theme of leaving home. The first, Weights and measures, deals with the tragic loss of a child; the second is a non-fiction letter Picoult wrote to her eldest son as he left for college; and Ritz tells the story of a mother who takes the vacation all mothers need sometime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468839 For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, assassinations, pogroms, gruesome punishments, deadly quarrels, and genocide were ordinary features of life. But today, Pinker shows all these forms of violence have dwindled and are widely condemned. How has this happened? This groundbreaking book continues Pinkers exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly nonviolent world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392351 Based on a hugely popular Internet documentary, this exploration of historic signs and symbolism determines what the future holds for humanity come 2012. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468636 An ode to George Orwells 1984 told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1470085 P.J. ORourke embarks on supposedly more comfortable and allegedly less dangerous travels, often with family in tow, which mostly leave him wishing he were under artillery fire again. The essays take ORourke on a whirlwind of adventures, beginning at the National Mall in Washington, which he describes as having been designed with the same amazing greatest generation aesthetic sensibility that informed his parents living room. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453514 Ken Fisher shows readers how their memories play (often costly) tricks on them, and how they can combat their faulty memories with just a bit of history. He shows how, early in every recovery, investors dont believe in it, often at a huge cost. And he shows how, in investing, ideology is deadly. Most important, he teaches how to use history as one powerful tool to help begin reducing error rate and getting better investing results. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468822 Wedding bells are ringing in Fools Gold, but not for Nevada Hendrix. Her triplet sisters are engaged, and even her mother has a more active love life than she does. Determined to make a fresh start, she applies for her dream job, only to discover that her new boss is her first love. Tucker Janack agrees to Nevadas business only ground rules. But when great business partners turn out to be so much more, every rule gets broken. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394877 Nicholas Monroe, widowed Prince of Ravenscar, is feeling pressure from his family to remarry. But the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, still hangs over his head. Lilys brother, Richard, believes Nicholas is responsible for her death. And when Richard finally confronts Nicholas, long-held secrets threaten to resurface--despite someones desperate effort to keep them buried. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568463 Compiled from editorials, articles, speeches and unpublished manuscripts, Napoleon Hills Keys to Success is a complete exploration of Hills success philosophy and his seventeen essential principles of personal achievement. In this audiobook you will learn the secrets of developing definiteness of purpose, creating a positive attitude, building self-discipline, cultivating creative vision, perfecting your personality, and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468895 Goodheart provides a new interpretation of what spurred the American Civil War. Here, he describes how cultural differences played surprising roles in the move toward war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392308 Famed alt-country artist Annie Walsh has more than enough reason to sing her version of the blues, including a broken heart, a stalled career, and a troubled family. Annie seeks refuge from an upended love affair with her producer, Owen Pettybone, by sequestering herself at home with her old dog Detour, surrounded by a lush Florida tangelo grove. Soon, however, this quiet, small town existence comes crashing down around her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1360383 Miami, Florida DEA agent Kate Rush and bestselling but reclusive author Tick Kelly team up to uncover a web of betrayal, blackmail, and ruthless greed at the center of a human trafficking ring. As the danger mounts, Tick realizes how far hell go to protect the rare and surprising gift thats come his way: a second chance at a happy ending. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476812 In the years surrounding World War II, a gritty Italian-American waterfront community in the shadow of New York City known as Narrows Gate is home to brutal wise guys, a gifted crooner hell bent on success and two young friends who have no idea what the future holds, or how it can rip them apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453515 When a hostile Third World country begins to receive military training and nuclear technology from foreign nations, Charley Castillo and his team investigate only to be abandoned by the U.S. government and placed on hit lists throughout the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468825 Priscilla Shirer challenges all women to be intentional about embracing and thriving in Gods beautiful and eternal calling on their lives. She explains how todays women can and should live out their own resolution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468982 Jack Reacher comes to the aid of Edward Lane, the head of an illegal soldiers-for-hire operation, who enlists Reachers assistance to find and stop a kidnapper who has abducted Lanes wife and child. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475931 Following a unique format perfect for todays world, Lerners more than one hundred rules cover the hot spots in long-term relationships. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378403 Charlotte Enright, who can read auras, senses that something is not right with her former lover, police chief Slade Attridge, as they are drawn into a series of violent events that brings them closer together and closer to danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275035 Jess OBrien has overcome the challenges of attention deficit disorder, the near bankruptcy of her beloved Inn at Eagle Point, and her self-perception as a screwup in a family of overachievers. Now shes ready to share the future with a man. Her friends persuade her to join a dating service, but she gets no takers. Which is fine with her childhood friend, psychologist Will Lincoln, whos already chosen the perfect man for Jess: himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476541 CIA officer Mara Duncan is on assignment in bomb-torn Hanoi. Her task is to get scientist Josh MacArthur and a seven-year-old witness to Chinese atrocities in Vietnam out of the country safely. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442937 While housesitting for her Uncle Nicco, policewoman Micayla Lange catches Jason Davis in the act of stealing money from her uncles locked safe. But when they both find incriminating photos that that implicate Nicco in the murder of a city councilman, Mick and Jason hurtle into a race for their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1279575 When Alice Bliss learns that her father is being deployed to Iraq, shes heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love, all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and take care of her precocious little sister, Ellie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453516 Winifred Gallagher shows listeners how to use this special human gift to navigate more skillfully through the rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392321 Dr. Jennifer White, recently widowed and a newly retired orthopedic surgeon, is entering the beginning stages of dementia where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the story opens, Jennifers lifelong friend and neighbor, Amanda, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed. Dr. White is the prime suspect in the murder and she herself doesnt know if she did it or not. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468827 Don Campbell and Alex Doman show how listeners can use music and silence to become more efficient, productive, relaxed, and healthy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304909 In the year 2025, Heather leads a small organization of scientists, spies, scouts, entrepreneurs, engineers, and others in their mission--to figure out how to put the world back together after a worldwide catastrophe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394058 In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylors thoughts and speech. Effectively mute, theres no telling if her voice will ever come back. Trapped in silence, she is surrounded by ghosts of the past, of friendships and trusts lost, of a lost faith in herself and her motives that night. When Memphis Highsmythe offers Taylor his home in the Scottish Highlands to recuperate, her fiance cant refuse her excitement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510755 Falling for Maddening Moira OMalley was the unexpected highlight of Luke OBriens Dublin holiday. So when she pays a surprise visit to Chesapeake Shores, Luke is thrilled, at first. A fling with this wild Irish rose is one thing, but forever? Maybe someday, but not when hes totally focused on establishing a business that will prove his mettle to his overachieving family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566912 Journalist Mark Bowden delivers a look at the ongoing and largely unreported war taking place literally beneath our fingertips. When the Conficker computer worm was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cybersecurity experts did not know what to make of it. Was it a platform for criminal profit, or a weapon? The worm, exploiting security flaws in Microsoft Windows, grew at an astonishing rate, infecting millions of computers around the world within weeks. Once the worm infiltrated one system it was able to link that system with others to form a single network under illicit outside control, a situation known as a botnet, soon capable of overpowering any of the vital computer networks that today control banking, telephone service, energy flow, air traffic, health-care information, even the Internet itself. This book reports on the battle between those determined to exploit the Internet and those committed to protect it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365412 Her towns lack of men may make headlines, but it isnt news to Dakota Hendrix. The beautiful blonde has bigger problems to deal with, such as overseeing the romance reality competition filming in Fools Gold. Screening eligible bachelors is a difficult enough task, but Dakota hits an unexpected snag when a sexy stranger comes to town. Finn Anderssen will do anything to keep his twin brothers, the perfect contestants, off the show. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1347443 Authoritative American history meets a fun listening experience in the first volume of the Seven-Day Scholar series, which chronicles significant moments in the nations heroic tragedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510760 Gretchen Morgenson exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that finally blew up the American economy. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and building on original research from coauthor Joshua Rosner, who himself raised early warnings with the public and investors and kept detailed records, Morgenson connects the dots that led to this fiasco. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476833 A dead man walking; a drunken brawl on a cheap weekend cruise in the Baltic sea; a man without identity: Ewert Grens and his colleagues have a long way to go in order to understand the puzzle in front of them. The highly challenging investigation has the worst possible consequences of the death penalty, with repercussions that reach from Death Row in Utah across the Atlantic into the Stockholm Police Headquarters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476810 Toby learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, seemingly impossible illness, leaving her fiefdom undefended. Struggling to find a way to save Lily and her subjects, Toby must confront her own past as an enemy she thought was gone forever raises her head once more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468818 The Ibis, loaded with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. The storm also threatens the clipper ship Anahita, groaning with a large consignment of opium. And the Redruth, a nursery ship, carries Fitcher Penrose, a horticulturist determined to track down the priceless treasures of China that are hidden in plain sight. All will converge in Cantons Fanqui-Town, a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1470812 Its a question microbiologist Richard Draman thought hed answered when he walked away from his career to focus on curing a genetic defect this is causing his daughter to age at a wildly accelerated rate. But now he and his wife must face the fact that eight-year-old Susies time is running out. Determined to either save her life or die trying, the Dramans plunge into a bloody conflict between two powerful factions vying for control of a discovery that could change the face of humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1533745 A compilation of Leo Babautas best articles on living from a Zen Habits perspective. Includes chapters on decluttering, single-tasking, eliminating nonessentials, planning the day, clearing the inbox, getting motivated, cultivating compassion, boosting self-confidence, living consciously, and much more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1360399 Originally written in 1938 but never published due to its controversial nature, an insightful guide reveals the seven principles of good that will allow anyone to triumph over the obstacles that must be faced in reaching personal goals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1262303 Owen Sweetwater inherited his familys talent for hunting the psychical monsters who prey on Londons women and children, and his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider Virginia an illusionist, a charlatan, even a criminal, but Owen knows better. Virginias powers are real, and they just might be the key to solving this challenging case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393260 A terrific urban fantasy anthology featuring all-original stories from some of the biggest names in the business. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393436 Don Campbell and Alex Doman show how listeners can use music and silence to become more efficient, productive, relaxed, and healthy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453517 Outlines a system of secular ethics that both transcends religion and incorporates religious tolerance for the overall improvement of human life on individual, community, and global levels, offering an accompanying guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378381 When Jimmy hears his father Jack is dying of cancer, he returns to the Imperial Valley of southern California. Once home, his father asks him to cross the border into Mexico and find a prostitute named Yolanda. With his buddy Bobby in tow, Jimmys search leads them to Tomas Morales, rising star in Mexican underworld. When an unexpected murder sucks him further into the violence and danger of Mexicali, what he uncovers causes him to question everything he thought he knew about his father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392175 New York, 2060. A psychotic killer roams the city with a satchel of scalpels, fresh off a triple kill. A mysterious drug pumps through his veins, making him dance in the streetlight and twirl his cape like Jack the Ripper. Eve Dallas is the tough Lieutenant hot on his trail, but this is unlike any case take shes ever been assigned - or any killer shes ever pursued. A police sketch based on eye-witness testimony reveals the killer has green skin, swollen red eyes, goblin ears, and a dislocated jaw-structure that defies the human form. Is it a mask? Is it makeup? Or is the explanation more sinister? Dallas faces off against multiple suspects - all of them students of medicine capable of the precise slicing of the ears, noses, and eyes removed from which the three victims received. But who had the motive? More importantly, what form of rogue science are these healers practicing? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392322 After the death of her father, Lucy Derrick is forced to maintain a shabby dignity as an unwanted boarder with her unpleasant uncle, fending off marriage to the local mill owner, Mr. Olson. But her prospects of even that unwanted match are complicated by the appearance of a beautiful stricken man who appears on the family doorstep begging her not to marry Mr. Olson just as he collapses. This appearance seems to open the door to a series of increasingly strange occurrences surrounding Lucy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304907 Atticus OSullivan, last of the druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old, when in actuality, hes twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: he draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and hes hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power, plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish, to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510577 Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. Its only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents murders, that she realizes the only man he wants her to marry is himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468931 While hitchhiking through West Texas, former MP Jack Reacher encounters a young woman seeking protection for herself and her little girl from her monstrous husband, due to be released from jail, and his horrible family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476809 Anglitora, Prester Johns illegitimate, half-bird daughter arrives in the capital and confronts the king with his sexual past and the future of his home to the West. Her life has been spent on the margins of the Kingdom where the magical realm brushes against the Known World. She brings with her news of European ships and wars. The crusades have begun again. Prester John, sees Jerusalem burning and gathers his people to march to the protection of Christ and the Holy Land. Patriarch unable to rally support of the kings and peasants of Europe fails to give him the strength he needs against the forces of Islam, and he sends his appeals to the great Christian king in the East, Prester John The closer Prester John come, the more information reaches the Patriarch as to its nature, and the less comfortable he feels with it. Prester John arrives at Jerusalem with his army, but cannot cross the river--for demons cannot set foot on holy ground. The Patriarch who had sought his help curses him and turns from the Muslims inhabiting the Holy City to attack the man he once loved. Hundreds of beasts and men of Johns army are slaughtered, who never knew death before. Jerusalem is sacrificed by the Patriarch rather than allow it to be saved by an army of demons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261494 United by a desire to overcome their misfortunes, seven different women formed an indelible bond and vowed to right wrongs wherever they found them. After years known as the Vigilantes, Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle are enjoying their freedom and the chance at a normal life. But, President Martine Connor, their longtime ally, has announced the formation of a top-secret organization. For the Sisterhood, its the end of an era, and the beginning of a new adventure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1376474 Hailey is back in Los Angeles, now second-in-command to rising gangster Serena Warchild Delgadillo. At the heart of this thrilling novel is a complex case of stolen identity, ruthless motives, and violent crime that puts Hailey back on the road, with her old friend Warchild by her side, to reclaim her name and chase down the murderer who has taken it.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304906 Beth and Jennifer know their company monitors their office email. But the women still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers at the newspaper and baring their personal lives like an open book. When Lincoln applied to be an Internet security officer, he never imagined hed be sifting through other peoples inboxes like a peeping Tom. But he cant quite bear to crack down on Beth and Jennifer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274344 Marsh, Mick, and Tommy were inseparable friends during their naval academy years, each man desperately in love with the beautiful, unattainable Glory Hawthorne. Graduation set them on separate paths into the military, but they were all forever changed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442763 The popular blogger shares tips for using ones intelligence and organizational talents to turn social awkwardness into positive strengths, in a whimsical guide to life that covers everything from panic attacks to building wealth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296088 In this funny and thoughtful guide to a romanticized version of the American expansion west, childrens book editor and memoirist McClure (Im Not the New Me) attempts to recapture her childhood vision of Laura World (i.e., the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books about an 1880s pioneer family). http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442778 Archeologist Genisse Braxton vows to find the lost city of Zerzura. But on her way to Egypt, Genisse engages in a daring deception. She will switch places with Mildred Whimpelhall, who is traveling to meet her fiance. Cynical adventurer Jim Owen will do anything to escape the dark secrets of his troubled past. Betrayed by the woman he loved, scorned by proper society, he agrees to carry out a danger-fraught task. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1373465 Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooters face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation. Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. Hes definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet shes attracted to him in a way she cant explain. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1376472 A scathingly funny illumination of the Ten Commandments from Penn Jillette, the bigger, louder half of world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393256 Our ability to focus will allow us to create in ways that perhaps we havent in years. It will allow us to slow down and find peace of mind. And it will allow us to focus on less - the essential things, the things that matter most. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442762 Based on thousands of personal notes, letters, and other written sources, a definitive presentation of the late authors unpublished masterwork offers insight into his exploration of the nature of reality and the relationship between humanity and the divine. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365413 The details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body, a promising starlet, has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattans oldest graveyards. One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau: a re-creation of Jack the Rippers gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat. Something more dangerous, and unexplainable. As the city seethes with suspicion, Jude calls on Whitney Tremont, a member of the countrys preeminent paranormal investigating team, to put the speculation to rest. Yet when Whitney and Jude delve deeper, what they discover is more shocking than either could have predicted, and twice as sinister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378912 Vampire thief Raylene Pendle has enough on her plate. Her Seattle home is full of misfits, including blind vampire Ian Stott and former Navy SEAL turned drag queen Adrian de Jesus. But Raylene cannot turn down an offer to find and steal a strange set of artifacts. But a powerful sorceress is after them too. Things become even more complicated when Ian finds himself in harms way following the death of his patriarch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378911 For as long as it has stood overlooking New Englands jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness--and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now--a member of the nations foremost paranormal forensic team, Jenna Duffy has made a career out of investigating the inexplicable. Yet nothing could prepare her for the string of slayings once again plaguing Lexington House--or for the chief suspect, a boy barely old enough to drive, much less kill. With the young mans life on the line, Jenna must team up with attorney Samuel Hill to pinpoint who--or what--is taking the lives of those who get too close to the past. But everything they learn brings them closer to the forces of evil stalking this tortured ground. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613518 John Rain is back, and up against the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy. But the opposition on this job is going to be too much for even Rain to pull it off alone. Hell need a detachment of other deniable irregulars. His partner, the former Marine sniper, Dox. Ben Treven, a covert operator with ambivalent motives and conflicted loyalties. And Larison, a man with a hair trigger and a secret hell kill to protect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1550534 This is the story of Genghis Khan, starting with his rise to power and continuing through his conquest of the known world. It tells that he abolished torture, granted religious freedom, and smashed feudal systems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1146392 A famed Oxford historian is found dead in his study one night, all evidence pointing to his son, Stephen, who was about to be disinherited from the family fortune. When Stephens fingerprints are found on the murder weapon, his guilt seems undeniable--but then the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in Northern France at the end of World War II lends credence to Stephens innocence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110274 Theres no place like home, especially if its Serenity, South Carolina. For Annie Sullivan, though, the homecoming is bittersweet. Shed always envisioned a life there with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But Tys betrayal has cost her the family and the future theyd once planned. For Ty, losing Annie was heartbreaking. Still, he cant imagine life without the three-year-old son whose mother left him for Tyler to raise. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213482 Self Comes to Mind is a nuanced and original chronicle of the evolution of the human brain. It reveals how the brains development of a self becomes a challenge to natures indifference and opens the way for the appearance of culture, a radical break in the course of evolution. Damasio views brain development through the lens of biological evolution, starting with the simplest organisms that exhibit elaborate life regulation devices but do not require brains. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1171897 Critically acclaimed and award-winning, but hardly bestselling-author Georgina Jackson cant get past the first chapter of her second book. When she receives an urgent email from her agent, Georgina is certain its bad news. Shockingly, shes offered a commission to complete a newly discovered manuscript by a major nineteenth-century author. Skeptical at first about her ability to complete the manuscript, Georgina is horrified to know that the author in question is Jane Austen.